Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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Question 253: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will increase the resource hours for a person with a disability (details supplied); and if she will make this a priority case as five hours per week is not at all adequate. [12788/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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As the Deputy is aware, the National Council for Special Education, NCSE, has been operational since 1 January 2005 and is responsible for processing applications for special educational needs, SEN, supports through its network of special educational needs organisers, SENOs.

The pupil in question is currently in receipt of five hours per week of resource teaching support and I can confirm that this is the maximum number of hours that can be sanctioned by a SENO in line with my Department's criteria for the allocation of resource teaching support for pupils with special educational needs.